Wireless Audio Dissemination System
AssigneePlanetmac, LLC
InventorChristopher J. Rondeau
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Abstract
A wireless audio dissemination system includes a plurality of television monitors configured to display video content from a media source coupled thereto. The system further includes a plurality of transmitters coupled to an associated one of the plurality of television monitors and configured to propagate a wireless broadcast stream including audio content corresponding to video content displayed on the associated television monitor. At least one mobile device is configured to wirelessly communicate and receive the broadcast stream from each of the plurality of transmitters and allow a user to selectively receive the associated audio content from one of the plurality of transmitters.
Claims20
A system for wireless audio dissemination, said system comprising:
- a plurality of television monitors coupled to a media source configured to provide audio and video content, each of said plurality of television monitors configured to display video content from said media source;
- at least one transmitter coupled to at least one of said plurality of television monitors, said at least one transmitter configured to propagate at least one wireless broadcast stream comprising associated audio content corresponding to video content displayed on said at least one of said plurality of television monitors;
- and
- at least one mobile device configured to wirelessly communicate with said at least one transmitter and wirelessly receive said at least one wireless broadcast stream from said at least one transmitter;
- said at least one mobile device comprising a software application providing a user interface and being configured to identify said at least one transmitter and said at least one wireless broadcast stream and allow a user to selectively receive said associated audio content from said at least one transmitter via said at least one wireless broadcast stream and to aurally reproduce said associated audio content.
A method of wirelessly disseminating audio content, said method comprising:
- providing a plurality of television monitors coupled to a media source configured to provide audio and video content, each of said plurality of television monitors configured to display video content from said media source
- providing a plurality of transmitters, each of said plurality of transmitters being coupled to an associated one of said plurality of television monitors;
- propagating at least one wireless broadcast stream using at least one of said plurality of transmitters, said at least one wireless broadcast stream comprising associated audio content corresponding to video content displayed on said associated one of said plurality of television monitors;
- communicating with and identifying each of said plurality of transmitters propagating a wireless broadcast stream using at least one mobile device;
- selecting an identified one of said plurality of transmitters propagating a wireless broadcast stream using said at least one mobile device;
- wirelessly receiving said wireless broadcast stream from said selected one of said plurality of transmitters;
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- aurally reproducing audio content from said wireless broadcast stream of said selected one of said plurality of transmitters;
- wherein said at least one mobile device comprises a software application providing a user interface and being configured to identify each of said plurality of transmitters and allow a user to selectively receive said associated audio content from one of said plurality of transmitters via said wireless broadcast stream.
A computer accessible medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- wirelessly communicating with a plurality of transmitters via a wireless broadcast stream comprising associated audio content propagated by each of said plurality of transmitters, each of said plurality of transmitters being coupled to an associated one of a plurality of television monitors, said plurality of television monitors being coupled to a media source configured to provide audio and video content, each of said plurality of television monitors configured to display associated video content from said media source;
- identifying each of said plurality of transmitters;
- selectively receiving said associated audio content from a selected one of said plurality of transmitters via said wireless broadcast stream;
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- aurally reproducing audio content from said wireless broadcast stream of said selected one of said plurality of transmitters.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.